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Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
